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Reconceptualising the 'behavioural approach' in agricultural studies: A socio-psychological perspective

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Behavioral approaches in agriculture can be improved by adopting Ajzen's theory of planned behavior as a conceptual framework by taking normative influences, self-identity and perceived self-efficacy into account. One has to be aware regarding the impoverished nature of many quantitative behavioral studies in agriculture.

United Kingdom, Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities, Administration of Urban Planning and Community and Rural Development, Social & Behavioral Sciences, Rural Planning & Development, Economic aspects, Rural development, Social sciences, Behavioural sciences, Behavioral sciences

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The right to development: Construction of a non-agriculturalist discourse of rurality in Denmark

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The two discourses on rurality, the modern-agriculturist and the non-agriculturist are discussed. The effect of the non-agriculturist discourse on the population and state politics is studied, which is defined in terms of community, culture, environment and active citizenship.

Denmark, Management dynamics, Practice, Sociology, Rural, Rural sociology, Agriculturists

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Productivism is allegedly dead, long live productivism. Evidence of continued productivist attitudes and decision-making in South-East England

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An analysis of large-scale commercial farmers is undertaken to gather evidence of the transition from the 'productivist' to the 'post-productive' era. It was found that farmers were intensifying and specializing their agricultural operations.

Europe, Forecasts, trends, outlooks, Analysis, Forecasts and trends, Market trend/market analysis, Farmers, European Union. Common Agricultural Policy

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